Lessons From GE: How VARs Can Improve Sales Force Effectiveness

As the economy improves, IT VARs can't afford to grow complacent. In order to ensure
sustainable growth, they need to improve sales force effectiveness. Though the solutions will look
different for each company, VARs can look to one of the world's largest companies for workable
solutions that will help improve sales results across their business.

A Focus on Sales Force Effectiveness Improvement
To improve sales force effectiveness, GE charged Kevin Decker, its director of commercial
excellence, with developing frameworks and best practices for improving sales force
effectiveness. Decker was also responsible for propagating the ideas across all of GE's businesses
and providing resources to help the businesses turn the ideas into reality.